The world's oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917

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The world's oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917
The world's oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917

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Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada

·The Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline was built in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by the Bucyrus Company.
·It was shipped to the Canadian Bucyrus dealer in 1917.
·From 1927 to 1952, the Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline was used in surface mining operations for the Sterling Collieries Company’s Coal Valley Mine, Alberta. This mine was part of an extensive operation that involved a number of communities and mines in the Nordegg/Cadomin area.
·The demand for coal diminished during the 1950s when the Canadian railroad companies, the main coal market, turned from steam to diesel.
·The Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline remained inoperable at Coal Valley since 1952, rendered obsolete by new mining technology.
·Many of the old shovels and mining equipment in the Coal Valley area were cut up for scrap in the mid-1950s. The Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline escaped this fate because it was submerged in a flooded pit and could not be reached until the pit was drained in 1988.

·It was shipped to the Canadian Bucyrus dealer in 1917.
·From 1927 to 1952, the Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline was used in surface mining operations for the Sterling Collieries Company’s Coal Valley Mine, Alberta. This mine was part of an extensive operation that involved a number of communities and mines in the Nordegg/Cadomin area.
·The demand for coal diminished during the 1950s when the Canadian railroad companies, the main coal market, turned from steam to diesel.
·The Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline remained inoperable at Coal Valley since 1952, rendered obsolete by new mining technology.
·Many of the old shovels and mining equipment in the Coal Valley area were cut up for scrap in the mid-1950s. The Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline escaped this fate because it was submerged in a flooded pit and could not be reached until the pit was drained in 1988.

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